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Rebecca Black

BBC faces criticism over delay in paying court-ordered damages to Gerry Adams

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin after he won his libel action against the BBC (Brian Lawless/PA) - (PA Wire)

The BBC has been criticised for not yet having paid court-ordered damages to former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.

The corporation lost a major defamation case earlier this year after Mr Adams took them to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme and an accompanying online story.

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